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1 Multihazard Early Warning Systems: The European Meteoalarm Platform

2 UN - ISDR Sendai Framework of Actions, 2015 Early warning criteria: users To develop and strengthen: people-centred multi-hazard forecasting and early warning systems, tailor them to the needs of users, including social and cultural requirements and broaden release channels for disaster early warning information

3 Sendai Framework of Actions 2015 Early warning criteria: users To develop and strengthen: people-centred multi-hazard forecasting and early warning systems, tailor them to the needs of users, including social and cultural requirements and broaden release channels for disaster early warning information Imagine how your user thinks, feels and what she/he reacts on!

4 Sendai Framework of Actions, 2015 Paradigm shift in national or local agencies (NMHS) in: 1. Advancing from providers of forecasts and warnings to producers of: impact based forecasts and risk informed warnings 2. Assuming active roles in all aspects of disaster risk management cycle 3. Providing better risk based decision support services.

5 Sendai Framework of Actions Definition of warnings What is a warning? Tangible and understandable description of an expected damage scenario & a clear advice what to do

6 Sendai Framework of Actions Definition of warnings Meteorology - : Well prepared conversation: Evaluating the infos on upcoming damage scenarios

7 Sendai Framework of Actions How to communicate within the chain of information? Meteorology Public: Less prepared conversation: What will be happening? Why? What to do? Which were similar events?

8 Impact National Risk Analysis (AT) 1 Pandemia Earthquake Traffic acc. Heat Wave Flood Flood (small scale) Industry acc. Winter Storm Meso Sc. Convection Probability of occurence

9 Sendai Framework of Actions 90mm in 30 min: How to communicate within the chains of information? Fabian Lackner, meteopics Kids on the street? Event management? Canal system?.....

10 Determining Impact From Weather to response scenarios M. Steiner, NCAR

11 Determining Impact From Weather to response scenarios M. Steiner, NCAR

12 Meteoalarm Eumetnet mandate 1. Make NHMS warnings visible in an understandable way 2. Cooperation with users from media ERCC 3. See harmonisation as permanent task, not precondition 4. Start simple and upgrade later (multi hazard and integrating new partners) 5. Offer other partners access to a highly visible platform (Hydro... ) 6. Clear datapolicy for the re-use of data

13 EUMETNET: European Plattform for Alerts

14 Meteoalarm - ERCC alerts for 5 days

15 Meteoalarm National level

16 Meteoalarm Subnational level

17 Meteoalarm Cooperation with Hydrological services

18 Meteoalarm Cooperation with Hydrological services

19 Meteoalarm Cooperation with Hydrological services < link

20 Meteoalarm Cooperation with Hydrological services

21 Meteoalarm: 33 Partners How to harmonize? Colour One word What to do? Damage / Impact Used how often? (Area approx km 2 ) Green Weather report usual phenomena usual phenomena Meteo Treshholds e.g. Rain (area + impact related) Examples yellow Be aware! caution with exposed activities exposed objects (avoidable) > 30 per year > 54 mm/12h orange Be prepared! keep informed in detail, follow advice of authorities general damages (not avoidable) 2 to 30 per year > 80 mm/12h red Take action! follow order of authorities under all circumstances! be prepared for extraordinary measures! extreme damage and / or casualties extreme damage (mostly) on large areas, threatening life and properties (not avoidable, even in otherwise safe places) less then 1/ year + large (5000km 2 ) scale phenomena > 140 mm/12h

22 Meteoalarm lessons learned? 4 level colour code seen as understandable language Transition from pure meteorology to impact well under way Links to from more than 1300 websites Approx. 6 Bio hits since start High acceptance with and professonal institutions, First responders (national level) European usage by tourists & professionals

23 Meteoalarm RE-users of meteoalarm information: Google

24 EMI - Europen Meteorological Infrastructure European coordination NHMS s NHMS s NHMS s NHMS s

25 EMI - Europen Meteorological Infrastructure European coordination ERCC Copernicus NHMS s EMS Emergency Management Service EFAS European Flood Alert System NHMS s EFFIS European Forest Fire Info System EC NHMS s NHMS s

26 EMI - Europen Meteorological Infrastructure European coordination ERCC Copernicus NHMS s EMS Emergency Management Service EFAS European Flood Alert System NHMS s EFFIS European Forest Fire Info System EC NHMS s NHMS s

27 What about the information - chain

28 What about the information - chain

29 What about the information - chain

30 What about the information - chain Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

31 The information - chain Thanks for listening!!! Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

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